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Chapter Two:
The streets of downtown Seoul was busy as ever. Despite the war between the two separated countries, South Korea was still lively and bustling. Little children were happily playing dibby-dibby-dib (디비디비딥) and their mothers were all talking about the latest Korean soap operas and what-not.
Down the street ran a man. By the looks of it, he was running away from a certain someone.
"Come back here, you brat!"
"Not gonna happen, witch!"
She laughed as she caught up without a problem. When she had him cornered in an alley, she threw her head back and laughed triumphantly.
"Well played, my friend. But you know better than I do that you were never the best runner in your P.E. class," She smiled mischievously. "Now…… GIVE MY PLUSHIE BACK"
"Oh, you want this?" he slung the massive sack in front of him. "Stop spending all of our money on Pizza-Hut souvenirs."
"Oh, that's such a silly thing to get worked up about."
"As if spending our money on cheese-kun trinkets isn't."
She smirked. She ran up to him and was aiming for the sack, but he dodged and lifted it before she can get a grasp of it. She accidentally charged into his abdomen and brought both of them down. His hat fell off and his onyx-black hair blew away from his face revealing his royal purple eyes.
"Oi, oi, what if that had happened back in the open street? I have to keep my identity as a secret."
"You're not the one with the bright-green hair. That's totally not noticeable"
"You make a good point. But it's not like, your green hair is a bad thing. I think you're green hair looks beautiful."
C.C.'s cheeks turned slightly pink "Shut up…"
The demon prince laughed. He pushed back C.C.'s light and feathery locks behind her ears.
He noticed they were in a very uncomfortable position. C.C. was laying on top of Lelouch with their chests nearly touching. He was blushing as well.
"Ummm…….. here, you can have this back." Lelouch pushed cheese-kun in front of C.C's face so that it's soft fabric was pressed against her cheeks.
C.C. snickered. As much as they annoyed each other, she always enjoyed these silly moments where they would argue over nonsense. She thought of it as a 'thing' between Lelouch and her.
"Honestly, do you plan to act as a burden all my life?"
"Of course! It's the only thing I can do for some fun around this place. Seoul is so boring-"
"Hey, be grateful that we even have a place to live." Lelouch scowled as he was shaking his head with disbelief. He found it annoying that C.C. was never thankful for what she had.
The two walked up to a street vendor for a short bubble-tea break. When C.C. raised her cup to her mouth, her eyes widened and she dropped her beverage. It splattered all over Lelouch's loafers.
"Hey, what gives? Why did you-," his arm was pulled and the two sprinted back down the street. Lelouch was absolutely befuddled. He would have started screaming at C.C. if she didn't explain why she was dragging him at full force, but soon he noticed mobs of people were scurrying in the same direction as they were.
He then smelled a foul stench. As if someone was burning oil. He felt the ground shake slightly. He was then slung back against a brick wall. He noticed that he was back in the same alley as before. C.C. pried open a rusty metal door. She led him into an abandoned tenement building.
Lelouch dropped to the floor breathing heavily. That was the hardest he's ran in forever. C.C. began barricading the door with old, damaged chairs and tables. Lelouch was panting heavily. He stomped up to C.C., grabbed her wrist and yanked her close to him.
"What the hell was that? You could have warned me that you were gonna drag me all the way back here for no apparent reason and-"
This time the ground shook violently. He looked out a fogged up window where he saw dark-gray smoke rushing into the street and around every corner.
He was taken aback at the site and grabbed C.C. and rushed to the farthest corner from the windows and door. He huddled over C.C. and tried to drown out the sounds of explosions and rumbling from outside.
"What's going on?!" Lelouch shouted into her ear,
"I have absolutely no idea! All I did was look up and I saw a massive cloud of black smoke coming this way. I don't know, I just started to panic and tried to get us out of there as quick as possible!" At this point, C.C.'s eyes were filled with fear.
Lelouch pulled C.C. closer. She buried her head into his warm neck and clutched the back of his shirt. Lelouch closed his eyes. He didn't experience anything like this since the incident at Babel Tower.
"Master….. what are we going to do?"
'Master? No, not now. This can't be happening right now,' Lelouch thought.
Ever since C.C.'s code was passed on to Lelouch, she had been experiencing these strange "episodes" where she would lose herself and return to her slave-like behavior. Lelouch found it adorable when he saw the innocent side of C.C. She would sometimes tremble and clutch on to his arm. Her voice would become soft and timid. It was fairly relaxing.
"Everything will be fine. We just need to remain here for a bit while all this commotion dies down."
Another sound of detonation roared from outside. 'Yea, wait here for a bit'. He sighed, staring up at the cobweb-ridden ceiling. This was going to be a long day. That was certain.
A few hours passed and all Lelouch heard now was the soft sound of debris blowing around from outside. C.C. fell asleep in his arms while clutching onto the mustard-yellow fabric of her plush doll.
"What on earth happened? All I remember was pushing you in here and then you pulled me close to you asked me what was going on. I blacked out from there." C.C. awakened.
"You had one of your 'moments'."
"Should we go out now? I don't think anyone would be wandering through the streets after what just happ-"
Before she could finish speaking, the door was broken off of its hinges and down on the floor.
A man in a navy-blue blazer stomped in. He was sporting a gold sash with the North Korean coat of arms stitched on to it. A North Korean soldier
"I demand your identification." His voice was harsh and emotionless.
Lelouch and C.C. remained silent. Lelouch glared at the man of the opposing country. If only he still possessed his geass power.
As the man was about to pull his pistol up to Lelouch's neck, he was kicked down by a mysterious man in a purple cape. A black bandana was covering a large proportion of his face, and his right eye was covered by some sort of eye-patch. His head was covered by a hood.
The mysterious man was kneeling down before the soldier. The soldier made a smug grin and scoffed. "I see, so even a worthless delinquent like you would kneel down to a superior. You dare try to bring me down?!"
The soldier raised his gun up to the man's cheek. The man's left eye winced and had a look of mischief in his eyes. He removed his eye patch and looked straight into the soldiers eyes.
The soldier's arm began to twitch. His head jerked back and forth violently. His other hand which held the gun was trembling and rose up to his own neck. He pulled the trigger and fell do the floor in an instance. Blood started trickling down his neck and formed a puddle around his head.
The man in the purple cape walked up to Lelouch and C.C. They looked absolutely shocked at what they just witnessed.
"Are you alright? Did he harm you in any way?" For a man, he had quite a feminine voice.
He strapped on his eye patch again. He pulled down his bandana and threw his hood back to get some air. Correction: SHE threw her hood back to get some air. Her raven-black hair tied back into a ponytail was revealed.
"Who…. Who are you?" Lelouch asked
"Albertine Kim. I was sent here to help citizens like you in need. Now, are you hurt? Do you need any sort of medical attention?"
"No, what I need is an explanation. What the hell happened? Was there some sort of explosion or something? And what did you do to that soldier? Things like this don't happen without notice."
"In case you haven't been watching the news sir, we're in the midst of a war. North Korea just ran a test for one of their nuclear projects and just happened to launch at us. I suggest you stop asking questions and follow me, please."
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I keep thinking this story is gonna suck. I have low self-esteem, I know. *slits wrists*
